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		<title>Air Barriers Open Doors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building designers and owners are paying a lot of attention to air barriers, given their potential to save energy and money and increase building envelope performance.
A big part of performance is proper installation, which is why IMI is taking the lead on educating craftworkers and contractors, and letting designers know whom they can partner with.
In New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1278</link>
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		<title>Dry Up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As today&#8217;s weather headlines clearly show, too much water is not a good thing, especially in buildings.  Keeping water out is a major concern for designers and builders. And when they need answers, they turn to IMI.
That&#8217;s why you&#8217;ll find IMI details in &#8220;The Architect&#8217;s Guide to Preventing Water Infiltration,&#8221; a new book from Wiley, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1258</link>
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		<title>The Green Seal of Approval</title>
		<description><![CDATA[                                 
As gatekeeper of the nation&#8217;s green building standards and developer of LEED, the U.S. Green Building Council is understandably picky when it comes to bestowing its stamp of approval on education providers for the design and building professions.
 
That’s because they know that achieving true sustainable design takes more than sitting in a seminar or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1236</link>
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		<title>On Target with Structural Masonry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[   
Structural masonry design software such as RAM Elements developed by Bentley  Systems has made designers&#8217; lives a lot easier. One of the easiest ways to spread that message is through webinars.  Last week, we joined forces with NCMA to show Target Corporation officials and their structural engineering firms how to get better [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1211</link>
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		<title>Competition or Opportunity?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.&#8221; 
 —John F. Kennedy
  Brick, stone, tile and terra cotta are timeless classics, but contractors cannot afford to ignore new ideas, especially those that fit today’s economic climate. IMI makes it easier, with technical and hands-on information that gets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1171</link>
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		<title>Taking Control</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
They are called “bricklayers” but it really doesn’t begin to cover what BAC members do these days. More than just making the skin or structure of a building, they are increasingly responsible for all the control layers in between that handle moisture, air, vapor and thermal performance.
 
It makes a lot of sense. Designers and owners [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1146</link>
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		<title>IMI Gains Outside Advantage for Porcelain Tile</title>
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Most of us wouldn’t mind having an “inside advantage,” but when it comes to porcelain tile, it’s the outside that can make a big difference. That’s why IMI fought so hard to get it included in the International Building Code as an acceptable weather covering for building exteriors. 
 
After quite a few rounds through the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1129</link>
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		<title>&#8220;I like to learn from IMI.&#8221;   Chicago designers and builders learn plenty at Masonry Expo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design and building professionals cannot stop raving about the 2010 Chicagoland Masonry Expo held last week at the District Council Training Center in Addison.  
 
More than 400 attendees, ranging from local architects to GSA, swarmed the place to learn about masonry systems old and new, from restoration to rain screen walls. They also got to see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1086</link>
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		<title>Building the Next Generation of Contractors</title>
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Contractor Start Up class at Flynn Center May 2010

There is always room for more good contractors. That’s why IMI and BAC have joined forces to help talented craftworkers take that next step, if they are so inclined.









Potential contractors gathering at The Flynn Center recently for the first round of IMI’s New Contractor Start Up Program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1073</link>
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		<title>Now Performing in Las Vegas - The Building Envelope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas got a little greener last week, when Nevada designers attended the IMI Western States Masonry Expo, where they got a custom tutorial on Sustainable Solutions for tile, marble and terrazzo and high performing building envelopes.

 
“I got a better understanding of sustainability,” says Patrick Gardner, from Worth Group Architects, who appreciated the in-depth lessons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imiblog.org/?p=1029</link>
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